Sustainable Landscape Construction:
A Guide to Green Building Outdoors

Those of us who have been promoting a stronger “sustainability agenda” within the landscape architecture profession have been anxiously awaiting this book. Sustainable Landscape Construction provides, in one place, a thorough reference on how to design and build landscapes that work with—rather than against—nature. The book is packed with everything from protection of trees during sitework, to restoration of wetlands, selection of environmentally responsible landscape materials, and infiltration strategies for stormwater management.

Sustainable Landscape Construction is broadly organized into the following 10 principles:

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